Thursday, May 31, 2012

Long Weekend on a Barge

This past long weekend we met up with the girls' grandparents in the quaint little town of Vandenesse-en-Auxois in France and for something a bit different stayed on a barge.

The barge was lovely it had just been refurbished and we were the first guests before it starts the season doing wine and food tours up and down the canal. Max the skipper was a great host, with lots of local knowledge and put on a great breakfast each morning.

We had planned a weekend in Dijon with the barge as our base, but the local area was so pretty we never got to Dijon. The barge was a wonderful accommodation and great entertainment for the kids.

We could walk to the village for ice cream and duck feeding.

We drove up the hill to Châteauneuf and the lovely surrounding village, too look at the views, including back at our barge. For lunch at a crepery and some princess play in the old Château.

Châteauneuf up on the hill

View from Châteauneuf

In the courtyard of Châteauneuf

We went swimming in Réservoir de Panthier which has a lovely sandy beach.

Sat on the deck of our barge and enjoyed the quiet and the beautiful country views.

Dinner on the Deck

Looking towards Châteauneuf on the hill, from our deck

Farm on the riverside

Finally before heading home, we visited the village of Saulieu and had a lovely lunch.

We all had a lovely weekend away in France, the girls especially loved seeing their Grandparents again.

Robyn and Tony have now joined us in Basel and will have a weekend at home with the girls while Scott and I have another long weekend away, this time in Venice.

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I am a stay at home mum to three lovely daughters and one Husband, Scott. We are living as expats in Switzerland. These are certainly big influences to my life but why I began this blog is because I love all things sewy. Leaving the workforce to become a Mum gave me the time and inclination to find a hobby, my Great Aunt Joyce inspired me to try needle work. She was an amazing embroiderer, but having dabbled in this as a kid with my Grandma I knew it was to slow going for me. I needed something that gave me gratification much more quickly and was more useful not just pretty, so i tried quilting. With only a pair of scissors, needle, fabric and thread I made my first quilt and fell in love with fabric and all things sewy! I still sew quilts, mostly with a machine these days. I also love to sew for my daughters, actually I love to sew anything, even Fumberlants.